PHILADELPHIA: 



AMERICAN MECCA. 



PRESENTI D : : 



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Leather and Shoe Findings. 



PHILADELPHIA: 



THE 



AMERICAN MECCA 



A GENERAL OUTLINE 

OF THE 

CITY OF PHILADELPHIA 

AN© 

FAIRMOUNT PARK. 



THIS WORK 

IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO ALL STRANGERS, 

BY ITS AUTHOlt 

Chas. A. Widmer, Jr. 






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PHILADELPHIA: 

COLLINS, PRINTER, 705 JAYNE~STREET 

1876. 



Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1876, by 
C H A S . A . WIDMER, Jr., 

in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. 
All rights reserved. 






FAIRMOUNT PARK. 



Fairmount Park consists of 2991 acres of ground lying 
on the banks of the Schuylkill River and the Wissahickon 
Creek. The scenery in the park is grand, and the views 
obtained from some of the elevated spots the finest in the 
world. 

Nature has divided the grounds into five subdivisions — 
Fairmount, Lemon Hill, the East Park, the West 
Park, and the Wissahickon. 



THE FAIRMOUNT SUBDIVISION. 

This subdivision lies on the east bank of the Schuylkill 
River, north of Biddle Street, and south of the Green 
Street entrance to the park. It is reached from the cen- 
tral part of the city by cars running west on Fairmount 
Avenue, Callowhill, Vine, Arch, and Pine Streets. It 
contains many objects of interest, as the water-works, the 
storage basins, the dam, and the memorial bust and statue 
of Fred. Graff, the designer of the Fairmount water-works. 
Fountains, rustic summer houses, and flower-beds are scat- 
tered through its grounds. 

Magnificent views of the surrounding city and park are 
obtained from the top of the basin. To the north, row 
after row of handsome dwellings wed the city and country 
into an everlasting relationship. To the northeast, the 
massive columns of Girard College boldly proclaim to 
the world the great trusts they protect ; while nearer, the 



4 FAIRMOUNT PARK. 

turrets and high battlement walls of the Eastern Peniten- 
tiary, sentinel-like, remind us of the great distrusts they 
guard. To the east, the eye dwells upon stately mansions, 
church spires, and immense manufacturing establishments. 
We look down Spring Garden Street from the summer 
house above, and plainly discern the steeple of the Alex- 
ander Presbyterian church, Nineteenth and Green Streets, 
200 feet high, Christ Church, Reformed, Sixteenth and 
Green Streets, the North Broad Street Presbyterian church, 
Broad and Green Streets, 232 feet high, the Synagogue 
of Rodef Shalom, Broad and Mount Vernon Streets, 
the Central High School, Broad and Green Streets, the 
Spring Garden Street Methodist Episcopal church, Twen- 
tieth and Spring Garden Streets, the Fifth Baptist church, 
Eighteenth and Spring Garden Streets, 156 feet high, the 
Church of the Assumption, Roman Catholic, Spring 
Garden Street, north side, near Twelfth, 160 feet high, 
and St. Mark's Lutheran church, Spring Garden Street, 
south side, above Thirteenth Street, 225 feet high. To 
the southeast, and almost hiding each other from view, is 
the massive dome of the Cathedral, Eighteenth and Race 
Streets, 216 feet high, the steeple of the First Baptist 
church, northwest corner Broad and Arch Streets, 225 feet 
high, the steeple of the Methodist Episcopal church, 
southeast corner Broad and Arch Streets, 233 feet high, 
and the finger-like tower of the Masonic Temple, north- 
east corner Broad and Filbert Streets, 240 feet high. A 
little further southward the dome of the West Arch Street 
Presbyterian church, Eighteenth and Arch Streets, 170 
feet high, the Tabernacle Baptist church, Chestnut above 
Eighteenth, 212 feet high, and the West Spruce Street 
Presbyterian church, Seventeenth and Spruce, 248 feet 
high, pierce the sky. The southern face of the basin 
commands a view of the Market Street bridge, the abat- 
toir in West Philadelphia, the round houses of the Penn- 
sylvania Railroad, the upper deck of the Callowhill Street 
bridge, and the Schuylkill River. On the west is the 
Twenty-fourth ward, with its many residences, and the 
standpipe of the West Philadelphia water-works, 135 feet 
high. 

A northwestern view commands the Centennial Build- 



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FAIRMOUNT PARK. 7 

ings and grounds, the Zoological Garden, the boat houses 
of the Schuylkill Navy, the bronze statue of Abraham Lin- 
coln on the plateau near Lemon Hill, and the Schuylkill 
River with its pleasure boats. 

We have witnessed a picture not excelled by any other 
living panorama in the world. The main drive enters 
Fairmount Park at the Green Street entrance, passes along 
the plateau near the Abraham Lincoln statue, over the 
high grounds of Lemon Hill, and across the Girard Ave- 
nue bridge. 

From the entrance to the east end of Girard Avenue bridge it is 1 mile. 

" " George's Hill, direct, it is . . 3£ miles. 

" " Belmont, direct, it is . . . . 3| " 

" " Falls bridge, via West Park, it is . . 6£ " 

" " Wissahickon Pike, it is . . . 7^ *' 

From the mouth of the Wissahickon to Valley Green it is .4 " 

" " " " Thorp's Mill Lane it is 5 " 

The total distance is 12^ miles from the entrance, through 
the West Park, over the Falls bridge, to the end of the 
Wissahickon drive. 



THE LEMON HILL SUBDIVISION. 

The Lemon Hill subdivision contains all that tract of 
ground lying on the east bank of the Schuylkill River, 
south of Girard Avenue, north of Fairmount, and west of 
the Reading Railroad. 

It is reached from the central part of the city by the 
cars of the Union Line Passenger Railway, landing pas- 
sengers at the entrance leading directly to the fish-pond 
and flower-beds, to the mineral spring and Lincoln statue, 
and by terraces to the mansion on the top of the hill; and, 
also, by cars on Girard Avenue (a branch of the Eighth 
Street Line) landing passengers on its northern border. 

The river side of this subdivision is very abrupt and 
high. At its base are the beautiful stone nouses of the 
Schuylkill Navy, composed of the College, Crescent, 
Malta, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Quaker City, Undine, 
and University Boat Clubs — one other club, the West 
Philadelphia, being on the west bank. 



8 FAIRMOUNT PARK. 

Many rustic summer houses are scattered through its 
grounds, from which fine views of the river can be 
obtained. The mansion on the top of the hill was the 
country seat of Robt. Morris during the Revolution; it is 
now used for refreshment purposes. North of the mansion 
is the music stand, and a few steps further on is the tell- 
tale " Camera Obscura." Still further northward is the 
old log cabin, used by Gen. Grant as his headquarters at 
City Point, Va., and but a few steps further the head- 
quarters of the Park Guard. 

The remains of an earthwork constructed during the 
Rebellion is still distinctly traceable on the high ground 
overlooking the river, immediately south of Girard Ave- 
nue, from which a commanding view of the West Park is 
obtained, with the Centennial Buildings in the distance, 
the Zoological Garden opposite, and. the Connecting and 
Girard Avenue bridges at our feet. 

The Girard Avenue bridge is constructed of iron, was 
erected at a cost of $1,404,445, was formally opened to 
the public July 4, 1874, is one thousand feet long and one 
hundred feet wide, being the widest bridge in the world. 

Scattered through the grounds of this subdivision are 
riding horses and goat carriages ; and the sloping lawns, 
covered with hundreds of players intent with games of cro- 
quet and ball, make this one of the liveliest parts of the 
park. 



THE EAST PARK SUBDIVISION. 

The East Park subdivision is a triangular section of 
ground lying on the east bank of the Schuylkill River, 
and extending northwardly from Girard Avenue to the 
Wissahickon. Its eastern face is reached by the cars of 
the Ridge Avenue Railway, landing passengers a short 
distance south of Strawberry Mansion, and near the large 
storage reservoirs with a capacity of 750,000,000 gallons. 
Its southern boundary is reached by cars running west- 
ward on Girard Avenue, landing passengers within a short 
distance of the Schuylkill water-works. The steam cars 
of the Reading Railroad (park trains) land passengers at 



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FAIRMOUNT PARK. II 

the Columbia bridge near Rockland — a place made famous 
by the many free excursions given there to poor children 
during the summer. Steamboats also ply on the river, 
leaving their landings at the foot of Fairmount Avenue, 
and landing passengers at wharves near Rockland, Straw- 
berry Mansion, and Laurel Hill. The drive along the 
river front and skirting the base of Lemon Hill, passes 
underneath the Girard Avenue bridge, and through the 
tunnel into the East Park. This tunnel is bored through 
solid rock, is one hundred and forty feet long, forty feet 
wide, and twenty feet high. After passing the tunnel the 
drive passes in succession Fountain Green, Mount Pleas- 
ant, at one time the residence of Benedict Arnold, Rock- 
land, Belleville, Ormiston, Edgely, Woodford, and Straw- 
berry Mansion. An historic interest attaches to almost all 
of these old residences. 

Laurel Hill, forming the northern boundary of this sub- 
division, is filled with objects of interest, and is partly 
described under the article headed " The Homes of the 
Dead." A beautiful view is obtained from the high 
grounds of Strawberry Mansion overhanging the main 
drive. 



THE WISSAHICKON SUBDIVISION. 

This subdivision is reached by the cars of the Ridge 
Avenue Passenger Railway, and by the steam trains of 
the Norristown Railroad. We see here a creek draining 
a basin forty-four square miles in extent, and pouring a 
daily average of 55,000,000 gallons of water into the 
Schuylkill River. We find here a spot filled with romance. 
Heaven gave it birth in gladness ! Within its narrow walls 
the air hangs heavy with the perfume of mountain flowers, 
and trembles to the notes of feathered songsters. He who 
loves nature — he who loves the sound of rippling waters — 
he who wishes to see a picture of beauty word painting 
cannot describe, should visit this Hermit's Glen. In those 
old and twisted boughs that over-arch the quiet water is 
read the superstition of Indian days; every rock reflects 
a legend; every cave shadows a mystery. Quietly the 



12 FAIRMOUNT PARK. 

waters steal along with smooth surface, mirror-like, re- 
flecting the opposite mountain side. Anon they gush, and 
boil, and bubble through some narrow defile — against 
some rocky barrier ; for nature is here. Art has graded 
a narrow drive in this mountain gorge; but she cannot 
improve what God has perfected. 

At the foot of those precipitous hills, chiselled by the 
ever-wearing waters, are deep recesses that the noonday 
sun scarce enters ere his beams are chased away by the 
shadows of over-hanging rocks. In northern-faced nooks, 
lit up oftener by the Aurora Borealis than by either sun or 
moon, the evening damp forever lingers. Here, on the 
outskirts of our great city, is a spot as wild as when civi- 
lized man first trod this western soil. The shadows of 
these giant hills lift as we approach Valley Green. The 
open landscape with the bright sun seems cheerful ; it is 
but for a moment; for again we are in the depths of a 
mountain gorge, the waters bubbling and seething around 
us, a mysterious silence above us. Now Indian Rock 
looms grandly and calls. a recollection of the past — the 
birth and death of nations and of races. The Indian war- 
rior, whose statued form caps the mighty rock and sur- 
veys the field of his former greatness, has shrunk with his 
squaws into the remote wilderness and is lost to history. 

" The scorching glare 
Without, makes this green nest a grateful haunt 
For summer's radiant things; the butterfly, 
Fluttering within and resting on some flower, 
Fans his rich velvet form ; the toiling bee 
Shoots by, with sounding hum and mist-like wings ; 
The robin perches on the bending spray 
With shrill, quick chirp ; and like a lake of fire 
The red bird seeks the shelter of the leaves. 
The insect tribe are here ; the ant toils on 
With its white burden ; in its netted web 
Gray glistening o'er the bush, the spider lurks, 
A close crouched ball, out-darting as a hum 
Tells its trapped prey, and looping quick its threads, 
Chains into helplessness the buzzing wings." 



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FAIRMOUNT PARK. 1 5 



THE WEST PARK. 

The West Park is that large tract of ground lying on 
the west bank of the Schuylkill River, and extending from 
the dam at Fairmount to the Falls of the Schuylkill. It 
is the great objective point to which the eyes of all nations 
and of all peoples are now directed. Science, art, capital, 
and labor have covered its hills with massive buildings, 
and the product of every clime will be here exhibited. 
From the summit of its hills two hundred years ago, 
Christianity lit up the surrounding darkness, and Panthe- 
ism shrank back into the remotest wilds. Upon its hills 
one hundred years ago the British standard floated trium- 
phantly. Upon its hills to-day the proud banner of free- 
dom unfurls its stars and stripes, and claims complete and 
undoubted ownership. Upon its sloping banks this year 
the crescent and the cross will commingle. In friendship 
and companionship there will soon be gathered together 
the Mohammedan, the Jew, the Pagan, the Christian, the 
Infidel, and the followers of Confucius. This subdivision 
contains the Zoological Garden (described under article 
headed Amusements), George's Hill, Lansdowne (now 
covered with the Centennial buildings), Belmont, and 
Chamouni. 

Chamouni lies in the extreme northern border, and is 
seldom reached by the great mass of visitors to the Park. 

George's Hill lies northwest of the Centennial buildings, 
and but a short distance from the west end of Machinery 
Hall. From the pavilion on its apex, with a field or 
opera glass, a commanding view of the entire city north- 
ward to Girard Avenue is obtained. It is near enough to 
obtain, with the naked eye, a complete view of the entire 
grounds upon which the Centennial Buildings are erected. 
It was dedicated to the city for park purposes by Jesse 
George, forever to be known as George's Hill. The 
Belmont reservoir, 212 feet above the city level, a short 
distance north of George's Hill, also commands a fine 
view of the Centennial Buildings. 

George's Hill is directly reached from the central part 
of the city by cars running westward on Vine Street. 



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BELMONT. 

Belmont lies north of the Centennial Buildings. It is 
reached by the Park trains of the Reading Railroad, 
landing passengers at Belmont Station ; from there a walk 
along Belmont Glen to its summit brings one to the well- 
kept grounds on which stands Belmont Cottage. Upon 
this spot, ye noble lords, and counts, and dukes, and 
potentates have been dined and wined. If ye are rich, 
feast and fear not; but, if the silver jingles not in thy 
pockets, turn from the temptation that is back of thee, and 
feast upon the glorious landscape beyond. Fairer than 
dreams can picture is the scenery around us. Away in 
the far distance are the black and barren Jersey pines re- 
flecting their shadows upon the leaden waters of the Dela- 
ware. Between is the great city spreading for miles ; and 
nearer, the silvery waters of the Schuylkill, winding in and 
out among the many hills, and seeking an outlet to the 
ocean. 

Near Belmont Cottage is the Sawyer Observatory, 180 
feet high, commanding a view of the country for thirty 
miles. 

LANSDOWNE TERRACE. 

Upon this terrace the Centennial Buildings have been 
erected. On the 4th of July, 1873, the Commissioners 
of Fairmount Park formally conveyed to the U. S. Com- 
missioners of the Centennial Exposition, and to the Cen- 
tennial Board of Finance, 450 acres of land for building 
and other purposes connected with the Centennial Expo- 
sition. 

On the 4th of July, 1874, ground was broken for the 
Centennial Memorial and Exhibition Buildings. The 5th 
day of July, 1875, witnessed the greatest gathering of 
people ever assembled in Fairmount Park ; we leave im- 
agination to picture the celebration of 1876. The Cen- 
tennial Buildings are reached directly from the central 
part of the city by cars on Girard Avenue (a branch of 
the Eighth Street line), and by cars running west on Vine, 
Arch, Walnut, and Market Streets, for a single fare ; and 



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DEALERS IN 






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FAIRMOUNT PARK. 1 9 

from all other parts of the city by exchange tickets over 
these roads. The Girard Avenue and Market Street lines 
run along Elm Avenue the entire length of the main build- 
ing. The Vine and Walnut Street cars run on Belmont 
Avenue, and deposit passengers near the entrance to the 
main building. 

The Centennial Buildings consist of five principal build- 
ings :— 

The Main Exhibition Building, 1880 by 464 feet, covering . 20 acres. 

Machinery Hall, 1402 by 360 feet, covering . . . . 13 " 

Memorial Hall, 365 by 210 feet, " . . . . 1.5 «« 

Horticultural Hall, 383 by 193 feet, " .... 1.5 " 

Agricultural Hall, 820 by 540 feet, " .... 10 " 

Belmont Avenue, a fine wide avenue, intersects the 
entire length of the Centennial grounds, dividing it into 
two sections. On the left of Belmont Avenue advancing 
northward is Machinery Hall, the lake, the French restau- 
rant, U. S. Government building, U. S. Hospital ; beyond 
the hospital and following towards George's Hill are the 
State buildings of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, 
Michigan, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, Connecticut, 
Massachusetts, and New York, also buildings erected by 
Great Britain and Japan. By a short walk we reach the 
Catholic T. A. B. S.'s fountain — this completes a circuit 
on the left of Belmont Avenue. On the right of Belmont 
Avenue, at the entrance is the Main Building, and in the 
distance Memorial, Horticultural, and Agricultural Halls. 
The Judge's Pavilion is located between Machinery Hall 
and the Main Building. On the right of Belmont Avenue 
advancing northward is the building of the Photographic 
Association, then a section devoted to the German Em- 
pire, followed by the Women's Pavilion, the State build- 
ings of New Jersey and Kansas, and the Southern 
restaurant. 

The American restaurant is south of Agricultural Hall. 

THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN. 

The Zoological Garden is situated in West Fairmount 
Park below Girard Avenue. It was formally opened to 
the public July ist, 1874. It is reached by cars running 



20 FAIRMOUNT PARK. 

westward on Vine Street and Girard Avenue, and by 
steamboats from the foot of Fairmount Avenue. It con- 
tains the largest collection of living wild animals in the 
United States. The best of order is preserved on its 
grounds ; and every care is taken to provide entertainment 
for its visitors. 



PHILADELPHIA: THE AMERICAN 
MECCA. 

The city of Philadelphia — popularly known as the 
Quaker City — covers 129!% square miles of ground, and 
is, perhaps, with the single exception of the city of Lon- 
don, the largest city in territorial extent in the world. It 
is divided into thirty-one wards, very unequal in size and 
population — the largest, the twenty-third, containing 
27,339 a cres, and the smallest, the third, only 122 acres; 
while in population the twentieth contains 56,642 human 
beings, and the twenty-eighth only registers 10,370. Nine 
hundred miles of roads and streets are opened for the use 
of its citizens, of which more than five hundred miles are 
paved. It is lighted by nine thousand public lamps sup- 
plied with gas — the street mains laid down for the purpose 
extending upwards of six hundred miles. The average 
daily consumption of water is 48,000,000 gallons, an 
average per head of 61.5 gallons. This inordinate ratio 
is caused by the large number of manufacturing establish- 
ments within its limits. 

In the year 1875 building permits were issued for the 
erection of 6700 buildings, and the city now contains 
146,000 buildings of all kinds, of which number 135,000 
are dwellings, giving shelter to 780,000 souls. 

The taxable valuation of this property, as furnished by 
the board of revision for 1876, amounts to $595,413,378. 

When we look at these startling figures, and see, by the 
treaty which Wm. Penn made with the Indians, that the 
ground upon which the entire city of Philadelphia now 
stands, and several adjacent counties, were purchased for 
" 200 fathoms of wampum, 30 fathoms of duffields, 30 



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FAIRMOUNT PARK. 



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guns, 60 fathoms strawed waters, 30 kettles, 30 shirts, 20 
gimlets, 12 pairs of shoes, 30 pairs of stockings, 30 pairs 
of scissors, 30 combs, 30 axes, 30 knives, 31 tobacco 
tongs, 30 bars of lead, 30 pounds of powder, .30 awls, 30 
glasses, 30 tobacco boxes, 3 papers of beads, 44 pounds 
of red lead, 30 pairs of hawk bells, 6 drawing knives, 6 
caps, and 12 hoes," we can well feel proud of being Ameri- 
cans. Philadelphia takes no pride, however, in her debt, 
which now amounts to the enormous sum of $64,294,464. 
As it is always interesting to know what are called inci- 
dental expenses in a large city, the following amounts, 
taken from ordinances approved and passed, will give 
some idea of the appropriations for the different depart- 
ments : — 

To the Guardians of the Poor $567,422 

11 Water Department 717,752 

Board of Health 442,306 

" City Commissioners Department .... 552,750 

Police Department 1,452,591 

" Department of City Property 187,857 

" Inspectors of the County Prison .... 132,836 

For lighting the city . . 531,100 

Certain of our officials are salaried, and receive the fol- 
lowing yearly compensation : — 



Mayor, Win. S. Stokley 
Chief of Police, Kennard H 

Jones 
Fire Marshal, Jas. C. Thomp 

son .... 
Twenty-four Committing Ma 

gistrates, each . 



$5000 Captains of Police . . $1500 
Detectives of Police . . 1200 

2500 Lieutenants of Police . . 1150 
Sergeants of Police . . 1080 

2000 J Members of the force $2.50 per day. 

2500 



For the Centennial year we have Geo. A. Smith as Pre- 
sident of Select Council ; and Jos. L. Caven as President 
of Common Council. 

The city is represented in Select Council by one mem- 
ber from each ward ; but Common Council has one 
member for each two thousand taxables. 

Besides that grand and noble park lying on the banks 
of the Schuylkill, there are nine other breathing spaces 
left open in the central part of the city called the — 



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PUBLIC SQUARES. 

Fair Hill Square is situated in the Nineteenth Ward, and bounded by 
Lehigh Avenue, Huntingdon, Fourth, and Apple Streets. 

Franklin Square is situated in the Sixth Ward, and bounded by Sixth, 
Franklin, Race, and Vine Streets. 

Independence Square is situated in the Fifth Ward, and bounded by Fifth, 
Sixth, Chestnut, and Walnut Streets. 

Jefferson Square is situated in the Second Ward, and bounded by Third, 
Fourth, and Federal Streets, and Washington Avenue. 

Logan Square is situated in the Tenth Ward, and bounded by Eighteenth, 
Nineteenth, Race, and Vine Streets. 

Norris Square is situated in the Nineteenth Ward, and bounded by How- 
ard, Hancock, and Diamond Streets, and Susquehanna Avenue. 

Passyunk Square is situated in the Twenty-Sixth Ward, and bounded by 
Wharton, Reed, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Streets. 

Rittenhouse Square is situated in the Eighth Ward, and bounded by 
Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Walnut, and Locust Streets. 

Washington Square is situated in the Fifth Ward, and bounded by Sixth, 
Seventh, Walnut, and Locust Streets. 



PLACES OF AMUSEMENT. 

Academy of Music, Broad Street, west side, below Locust. 

Amateur Drawing-Room, Seventeenth Street, west side, above Chestnut. 

Alhambra Theatre, Broad Street, east side, below Locust. 

Arch Street Theatre, Arch Street, north side, above Sixth. 

Chestnut Street Theatre, Chestnut Street, north side, above Twelfth. 

Walnut Street Theatre, N. E. corner Ninth and Walnut Streets. 

Museum, Col. Wood's, N. W. corner Ninth and Arch Streets. 

American Theatre (varieties), Chestnut Street, north side, above Tenth. 

Enoch's Varieties, Seventh Street, east side, below Arch. 

Grand Central Theatre (varieties), Walnut Street, north side, above 

Eighth. 
New National Theatre (varieties), S. W. corner Tenth and Callowhill. 
Theatre Comique (varieties), N. W. corner Eleventh and Wood. 
Arch Street Opera House (minstrels), Arch Street, north side, above 

Tenth. 
Eleventh Street Opera House (minstrels), Eleventh Street, above Chest 

nut. 

OUR PUBLIC HALLS. 

American Mechanics, N. E. corner Fourth and George Streets. 
Assembly Buildings, S. W. corner Tenth and Chestnut Streets. 
Concert Hall, Chestnut Street, north side, above Twelfth Street. 
Handel and Haydn Hall, N. E. corner Eighth and Spring Garden. 
Horticultural Hall, Broad Street, west side, below Locust. 
Musical Fund Hall, Locust Street, south side, above Eighth. 
National Guard's Hall, Race Street, south side, below Sixth. 
Washington Hall, S. W. corner Eighth and Spring Garden. 



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FAIRMOUNT PARK. 27 

OUR PUBLIC CHARITIES. 

Within the city limits, supported by charity and endow- 
ments, are twenty-five hospitals, twenty-one dispensaries, 
fifty- four homes and asylums, forty-one relief societies, 
forty-two beneficial societies, and ten soup-houses. Our 
citizens worship in 523 churches and halls, divided as 
follows : — 

Baptist, seventy-two ; Friends, thirteen ; Hebrew, ten ; 
Lutheran, thirty ; Methodist Episcopal, ninety-one ; Pres- 
byterian, one hundred and two ; Protestant Episcopal, 
ninety-three ; Roman Catholic, forty-three ; and not classi- 
fied, sixty-nine. 

THE HOMES OF THE DEAD. 

To those strangers who have leisure, and wish to carry 
away with them a faithful portraiture of the city of Phila- 
delphia, we would recommend a visit to some of our 
many cemeteries. 

Within those hallowed grounds, there are monuments, 
tombs, and statues erected to the memory of the honored 
and illustrious dead, beautiful in design and workmanship. 

Laurel Hill Cemetery, situated in the East Park near 
the Falls of the Schuylkill, is particularly rich in these 
works. It is reached by the cars of the Ridge Avenue 
railway (running westward on Arch St. to Ninth), and by 
steamboats from the foot of Fairmount Avenue. It is di- 
vided into three sections — Laurel Hill proper, and North 
and South Laurel Hill. Prominent in Laurel Hill proper, 
is the Sir Walter Scott and Old Mortality group, stone ; 
and in South Laurel Hill, is the monument and tomb to 
Com. Hull. Prominent in North Laurel Hill, is the 
monument erected to the memory of John Fitch, the in- 
ventor of the steamboat ; the monument to Gen'l Hugh 
Mercer, of Revolutionary fame ; to Thomas McKean, 
signer of the Declaration of Independence ; to Charles 
Thomson, Secretary of the Continental Congress; to 
Julius R. Friedlander, founder of the Penna. Institution 
for the Instruction of the Blind ; to Thos. Godfrey, the 






28 FAIRMOUNT PARK. 

inventor of the mariner's quadrant; and a monument 
erected to the memory of those volunteer nurses who died 
of yellow fever at Norfolk, Va. 

Odd Fellows' Cemetery, Twenty-fourth and Islington 
Lane, is reached by the Ridge Avenue railway. It con- 
tains a statue in marble erected to Benj. Franklin, and a 
marble statue to Firemen. 

Glenwood Cemetery, Ridge Avenue corner of Islington 
Lane, is reached by the Ridge Avenue railway ; contains 
Soldiers' Monument, Scott Legion. 

At Monument Cemetery, situated on North Broad Street 
above Montgomery Avenue, is the Washington and La- 
fayette monument, in granite and bronze. 

The design of this work, on account of its limited pages, 
is not to go into any subject in detail ; but the location of 
the principal cemeteries will be given, to whose grounds 
strangers will undoubtedly be freely admitted during our 
Centennial Year. 

THE PRINCIPAL CEMETERIES. 

Beth el-Emeth, Fifty-fourth and Market Streets. 

Cathedral, Forty-eighth and Lancaster Avenue. 

Cedar Hill, Frankford. 

Christ Church, corner Fifth and Arch Streets. 

City Burial Ground, Hart Lane and Lamb Tavern Road. 

Fair Hill, Germantown Avenue and Cambridge Street. 

Glenwood, Ridge Avenue corner Islington Lane. 

Hebrew, Frankford. 

Knights' of Pythias, Frankford. 

Laurel Hill, Ridge Avenue near Falls of Schuylkill. 

Mechanics', Islington Lane near Diamond Street. 

Monument, Broad Street above Montgomery Avenue. 

Mount Peace, Nicetown Lane near Ridge Avenue. 

Mount Vernon, Ridge Avenue opposite Laurel Hill. 

Woodlands (West Philadelphia), Darby Road near Thirty-ninth. 

Situated in different parts of the city are the following 
monuments, tombs, and statues of a public character: — 

Penn Treaty monument, Beach Street near Palmer. 
Wm. Penn statue, lead, Pennsylvania Hospital. 
Benj. Franklin statue, marble, Fifth and Library Streets. 
Benj. Franklin statue, stone, Ledger Building. 
Benj. Franklin tomb, S. E. cor. Fifth and Arch Streets. 
Stephen Decatur monument, Third and Pine Streets. 
Washington statue, marble, Chestnut St., entrance to State House. 
Washington Grays' Soldiers' monument, on the east side of Broad St., 
corner of Girard Avenue. 



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MANUFACTURERS OF 



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IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF 

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HATTERS' LEATHERS A SPECIALTY. 

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FAIRMOUNT PARK. 3 1 

It now falls in with the general plan of this work to 
give the location of 

PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND INSTITUTIONS. 

Academy of Fine Arts, Broad Street above Arch. 

Academy of Natural Sciences, S W. cor. Nineteenth and Race. 

Blockley Almshouse, West Philadelphia. 

Blind Asylum, Twentieth and Race Streets. 

Carpenters' Hall, Chestnut St. below Fourth, rear of bank. 

Custom House, Chestnut Street, south side, below Fifth. 

County Prison, Eleventh Street and Passyunk Avenue. 

Deaf and Dumb Asylum, N. W. corner Broad and Pine Streets. 

Eastern Penitentiary, north side Fairmount Avenue, opposite Twenty- 
first Street. 

Franklin Institute, Seventh St., east side, above Chestnut. 

Girard College, corner of Nineteenth and Ridge Avenue. Main entrance, 
South College Avenue, opposite Corinthian Avenue. Reached by 
the cars of the Ridge Avenue and Girard Avenue railways. This 
great and noble charity is open to all orphan children, regardless of 
religion. It contains within its walls and grounds a beautiful mau- 
soleum and marble statue of Stephen Girard, and a soldiers' monu- 
ment and statue in bronze. Tickets of admission can be obtained 
at the Ledger Office. 

House of Correction, Holmesburg ; reached by steam cars from the 
Kensington depot. President, Wm. Gulager. 

House of Refuge, Twenty-third and Brown Streets. 

Independence Hall, Chestnut St., south side, above Fifth. 

Kirkbride's Insane Asylum, Haverford Avenue, West Philadelphia. 

Masonic Temple, N. E. cor. Broad and Filbert Streets. 

National Museum, Chestnut St., south side, below Sixth. 

Navy Yard, League Island, foot of Broad Street. 

Penn's Cottage, Letitia St. near Market, between Front and Second. 

Post Office, Chestnut Street, south side, below Fifth. 

Public Buildings, in course of erection, situated at the intersection of 
Broad and Market Streets; corner-stone laid July 4, 1874. 

State House, Chestnut Street, south side, between Fifth and Sixth Sts. ; 
steeple 160 feet high. From its cupola floats the Centennial flag, 
hauled into position by his honor, Mayor Stokley, as the new year 
of 1876 broke into glory. It is an exact counterpart of the flag 
raised by Washington in 1776. 

School of Design for Women, S. W. corner Merrick and Filbert Streets. 

Wagner Free Institute of Science, corner Seventeenth Street and Mont- 
gomery Avenue. 

Young Men's Christian Association, S. E. corner of Fifteenth and Chest- 
nut Streets. 

We now call the attention of our readers to a small but 
interesting article on 



32 FAIRMOUNT PARK. 



THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 

The Fifty-sixth Annual Report of the Board of Public 
Education for the First School District of Pennsylvania, 
embracing the city of Philadelphia, gives much interesting 
reading. The President of the board, M. Hall Stanton, 
was elected to the position January i, 1870, which he has 
occupied ever since. 

The First School District contains the Central High 
School for Boys, the Girls' Normal School, sixty Gram- 
mar, one hundred and twenty-one Secondary, twenty- 
nine Consolidated, two hundred and twelve Primary, and 
forty-one Night Schools, altogether a total of four hun- 
dred and sixty-five schools. 

The amount appropriated by Councils for the use of the 
Board during the year 1874 was $1,639,811.89, of which 
amount $32,074.98 was unexpended and returned to the 
treasury. 

The number of pupils remaining in the schools at the 
end of the year was 93,036. The total value of the dif- 
ferent school-houses and furniture is placed at $55554,969. 
The city is divided into twenty-nine sections, and con- 
tains 55 schools, the buildings alone of which are sepa- 
rately valued at $25,000; and 99 schools, the values of 
which (including buildings, lots, and furniture), separately 
exceed that amount. 1776 teachers are employed in the 
day schools. The President of the Central High School, 
Geo. Inman Richie, receives a yearly compensation of 
$2722.50; and the lowest salary paid to any professor in 
the High School is $1000.00. 

The Principal of the Girls' High School, George W. . 
Fetter, receives $2178.00 annually; and the lowest salary 
paid in the school is $735.00. 

The principals of the Grammar Schools for boys receive 
a yearly salary of $1815.00; of the Grammar Schools 
for girls $907.00; of the Secondary Schools $615.00; of 
the Primary Schools $555.00; the lowest salary paid in 
the public schools is $435.00. 



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MANUFACTURERS OF 



MOROCCO, 

JV". W. Comer 

Dillwyn and "Willow Sts., 

(Between Third and Fourth,) 

PHILADELPHIA. 

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35 



THE PHILADELPHIA HOTELS. 



A rumor has gone abroad that the city of Philadelphia 
will not be able to accommodate her strangers during the 
Centennial Exposition ; that the cost of living will be in- 
creased 50 per cent. ; and that every species of imposition 
will be practised. The rumor is unjust. Every leading 
hotel has given assurances that its prices will not be altered 
from those now ruling, except in extreme cases, or an in- 
ordinate advance in the cost of provisions. Every mer- 
chant feels a personal interest in seeing that his customers 
are not overcharged. 

Within the central part of the city, between Vine and 
Walnut Streets, there are 74 hotels, able to accommodate 
30,000 people ; there are 5800 dwellings in the course of 
erection in the suburbs, with a sheltering capacity of 
40,000 ; there are boarding-houses registered whose ca- 
pacity is 30,000 ; there are many private families who will 
freely tender to friends their extra rooms. There are in 
the course of erection, near the Centennial grounds, 
public and private buildings able to accommodate 20,000 
people. 

Philadelphia can absorb within her limits 100,000 
strangers, and not be crowded. 

The principal hotels at the Centennial grounds : — 

Globe, Belmont and Elm Avenues. Capacity, 3000. European plan. 

Transcontinental, Elm Avenue opposite main building. 

United States, Forty-first and Columbia Avenue, near the main building. 

This hotel is arranged so as to be converted into dwellings at the 

close of the Exposition. 

Hotels within the city limits and popularly known: — 

American, 517 Chestnut Street. \ Markoe, 919 Chestnut Street. 
Bald Eagle, 414 N. Third Street. j Merchants', 42 N. Fourth Street. 
Bingham, Eleventh and Market Sts. j Merchants', 415 N. Third Street. 
Colonnade, Fifteenth and Chestnut. St. Charles, 54 N. Third Street. 
Continental, Ninth and Chestnut. | St. Cloud, 709 Arch Street. 
Eagle, 227 N. Third Street. j St. Elmo, 317 Arch Street. 

Girard, Ninth and Chestnut Street. St. Stephens, 1018 Chestnut Street. 
Guy's, Seventh and Chestnut. j Washington, 711 Chestnut Street. 

La Pierre, Broad and Chestnut. 



36 



FAIRMOUNT PARK. 



Hotels within the city limits supported mostly by near 
trade: — 



Allegheny, 812 Market Street. 
Allen House, 1220 Market Street. 
Arch St. House, No. 1 Arch Street. 
Barley Sheaf, 257 N. Second St. 
Black Bear, 425 N. Third Street. 
Black Horse, 352 N. Second Street. 
Bull's Head, Second above Poplar. 
Bull's Head, 1025 Market Street. 



Commercial, 826 Market Street. 
Clinton, 160S Ridge Avenue. 
Penn. Farmer, 342 N. Third Street. 
Red Lion, 472 N. Second Street. 
Ridgway House, No. 1 Market St. 
Sorrel Horse, 268 N. Fourth St. 
St. James, 310 Race Street. 
Tiger, 327 Vine Street. 



THE STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA. 

All the streets of the City of Philadelphia, as laid out 
by Wm. Penn, comprising all that section lying between 
the Delaware River on the east and the Schuylkill River 
on the west, and extending from South to Vine Streets, 
run at right angles to each other, giving to the city the 
name of the rectangular city. 

Almost all the outlying wards have fallen in with the 
original plan, but there are some glaring exceptions caus- 
ing confusion to strangers and residents. In the earlier 
history of the city many roads were laid out branching 
diagonally to the surrounding villages and towns. 

Of these we have Ridge Road to the northwest, passing 
the villages of Francisville, East Penn, and Manayunk; of 
Germantown Road to the north, passing through German- 
town and Chestnut Hill; of Frankford Road to the north- 
east, passing through Frankford, and supplying a main 
road of travel for all that large section now comprised in 
the Twenty-third ward; of Passyunk and Moyamensing 
Roads to the south, stretching their arms to that large sec- 
tion familiarly known to sportsmen as the "Neck," and 
now comprising the First, Twenty-sixth, and Thirtieth 
wards. The dwellings in these outlying villages were built 
on roads running at right angles to the main road ; and as 
the great city spread over the intervening farm spaces and 
laid out her streets at right angles to her main highway — 
Market Street — these villages came into the general plan 
diagonally. The compact portion of the city extends from 
Erie Avenue on the north, to Curtin Street on the south, 
a stretch of seven miles, and from the Delaware River on 



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Wholesale Confectioners, 



AND DEALERS IN 



Jruite, ink, §)\mivcm$ fat fa, 

•J -i J a, 

Fireworks, Flags, Lanterns, 



AND OTHER 



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IN"o. 335 IN". Third Street, 



PHILADELPHIA 



Storekeepers supplied at the Shortest Notice, and 
on the most reasonable CASH terms. 
Country trade especially invited. 
Send for Circulars. 
Give us a trial and judge for yourselves. 



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FAIRMOUNT PARK. 39 

the east, almost to Cobb's Creek on the west, the boundary 
line of Delaware County. The system adopted of num- 
bering houses in Philadelphia, and which is peculiarly 
Philadelphian, allows one hundred numbers between all 
principal streets. Market Street is taken as the dividing 
line for all streets running east and west. 

A key to the streets is given on page 43. 

Westward from the river front at Market Street it is 

1 mile, 18 feet, 6 inches east of the east side of Twelfth Street. 

2 miles, 124 feet, 6 inches west of the west side of Twenty-third Street. 

3 " 250 " 7 " east " east " Thirty-eighth " 

4 " 116 " 11 " west " west " Forty-seventh " 

5 " 87 " 1 " east " east " Fifty-seventh " 

North on Broad Street from southwest corner of Market, 
measurements run : — 

1 mile, 109 feet, 10 inches south of the south line of Fairmount Avenue. 

2 miles, 261 feet 3 inches " " " " Berks Street. 

3 " 71 " 3 " " " " " Somerset Street. 

4 " 68 " 9 " north of the north line of Erie Avenue. 

South on Broad Street from southwest corner of Market, 
measurements run — 

1 mile, 28 feet, 1 inch south of the north line of Washington Avenue. 

2 miles, 138 feet, 5 inches north of the north line of Jackson Street. 

3 " 421 " 7 " south of the south line of Curtin Street. 

Approximately it is on Second Street — 
1 mile at Poplar Street, north ; and 1 mile at Christian Street, south. 



THE PASSENGER RAILWAY SYSTEM. 

The passenger railway system of the city of Philadel- 
phia embraces twenty main lines and thirty-three branches. 
It is a complete network, occupying all the principal and 
a great many of the intermediate streets. The general 
direction of the main lines of cars is shown by the an- 
nexed plan. Cars run — 



4o 



FAIRMOUNT PARK. 



North on — 

Third Street. 

Fifth 

Eighth 

*Ninth 

Eleventh 

Fifteenth 

Sixteenth 

Eighteenth 

Nineteenth 



South on — 

Second Street. 

Fourth 

Sixth 

*Seventh 

Tenth 

Twelfth 

Thirteenth 

Seventeenth St 

Twentieth " 



East on — 
Arch Street. 
Callowhill " 
Chestnut " 
^Columbia Ave. 
Filbert Street. 
Girard Ave. 
Green Street. 
^Jefferson Street. 
Lombard " 
Market " 

Race " 

^Spring Garden St. 
Spruce Street. 
^Wallace " 



j West on — 
| Arch Street. 
; Callowhill " 

^Columbia Ave. 

Fairmount " 

f Girard " 

f Market Street. 
I ^Master " 

Pine " 

^Poplar " 

Sansom " 

South " 

| ^Spring Garden St. 
Vine Street. 
Walnut " 



The Ridge Avenue line runs west on Arch Street to 
Ninth, north to Vine, then follows Ridge Avenue to Mana- 
yunk, returning over the same route. Exchanges with no 
other road. 

Fares. — Adults, single fare on all roads, 7 cents. Pack- 
age tickets, 4 for 25 cents, good on any road. Exchange 
tickets, 9 cents, good on all roads except the Union and 
Ridge Avenue lines. Children's fares, 4 cents. 



* Streets thus marked are run upon by the Union Line. It also runs 
on Market Street west to Ninth. Exchanges with no other road. 

f On streets thus marked cars run direct to the Centennial Buildings. 



4i 



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WARRANTED PURE. 



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ESS. OF JAMAICA GINGER, 
GENUINE IMPORTED BAT ME, 

All the above goods in Bottles or Bulk to suit. 

All leaf selected cooking Herbs, 

BOXED BY THE GROSS OR IN BULK. 

MMCBM98 J- CVLIX. 

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43 



THE SIZE OF NOTED EUROPEAN AND 
AMERICAN PARKS. 



Prater, Vienna 
Windsor Forest, England 
Fairmount Park, Phila. 
Bois de Boulogne, Paris 
Phoenix Park, Dublin, . 
Riverside Park, Chicago 
Petit Park, Versailles . 
Central Park, New York 
Grosse Garten. Dresden 
Druid Hill, Baltimore . 



Acres. 

5200 

3800 

2991 

2158 

1752 

1600 

1280 

862 

800 

700 



Acres. 
Prospect Park, Brooklyn . 550 
Schloss Garten, Stutgart . 550 
Hoff Garten, Munich . . 500 
Summer Garden, St. Peters- 
burg 480 

Tower Grove, St. Louis . . 275 

Champs Elysees, Paris . . 230 

Boboli Garden, Florence . 200 

Thier Garten, Berlin . . 200 



A KEY TO PHILADELPHIA STREET NUMBERS. 



North of Market it is — 

100 at Arch Street. 

200 " Race " 

300 " Vine " 

400 " Callowhill Street. 

500 " Buttonwood " 

600 " Green " 

700 " Fairmount Avenue. 

800 " Brown Street. 

900 " Poplar 
1200 " Girard Avenue. 
1300 " Thompson Street. 
1400 " Master " 

1500 " Jefferson " 

1600 " Oxford " 

1700 " Columbia Avenue. 
1800 " Montgomery " 
1900 " Berks Street. 
2000 " Norris " 
2100 " Diamond Street. 
2200 " Susquehanna Avenue. 
2300 " Dauphin Street. 
2400 " York 

2500 " Cumberland Street. 
2600 " Huntingdon " 
2700 " Lehigh Avenue. 
2800 " Somerset Street. 
2900 " Cambria " 
3000 " Indiana " 
3100 " Clearfield " 
3200 " Allegheny Avenue. 
3300 " Westmoreland Street. 
3400 " Ontario Street. 
3500 " Tioga " 
3600 " Venango " 

3700 " Erie 



South of Market it is- 




100 at Chestnut Street. 


200 < 


' Walnut 


< 


300 ' 


' Spruce 


" 


400 « 


' Pine 


' 


500 « 


' Lombard 


« 


600 ' 


' South 


' 


700 " 


' Bainbridge 


" 


800 « 


' Catharine 


1 


900 ' 


' Christian 


' 


1000 « 


' Carpenter 


'• 


1100 ' 


1 Washington Avenue 


1200 ' 


' Federal Street. 


1300 


' Wharton 


c 


1400 « 


< Reed 


i 


1500 ' 


' Dickerson 


' 


1600 ' 


• Tasker 


' 


1700 " Morris 


" 


1800 ' 


' Moore 


(< 


1900 ■ 


' Miifiin 


' 


2000 ' 


' McKean 


' 


2100 ' 


' Snyder 


« 


2200 ' 


' Jackson 


' 


2300 ' 


' Wolf 


« 


2400 « 


' Ritner 


' 


2500 ' 


( Porter 


' 


2600 


< Shunk 


« 


2700 ' 


' Oregon Avenue. 


2800 ' 


' Johnston Street. 


2900 


' Bigler " 


3000 


■ Pollock " 


3100 


' Packer " 


3200 


' Curtin 


' 



44 



FAIRMOUNT PARK. 



CLOCK TIME IN ONE HUNDRED CITIES. 

When it is 12 o'clock noon at Philadelphia, it is the 
hour given below at the various cities named. 



Altoona, Pa. . 
Atlanta, Ga. . 
Augusta, Ga. . 
Baltimore, Md. 
Boston, Mass. 
Buffalo, N. Y. 
Bloomington, 111. 
Bangor, Maine 
Burlington, Iowa 
Cairo, 111. 
Cape May, N. J. 
Chicago, 111. . 
Cincinnati, Ohio 
Cleveland, " 
Columbus, " 
Crestline, " 
Council Bluffs, Iowa, 
Charleston, S. C. 
Denver, Col. . 
Detroit, Mich. 
Davenport, Iowa 
Dayton, Ohio . 
Decatur, Ala. . 
Des Moines, Iowa 
Dubuque, Iowa 
Duluth, Minn. 
Erie, Pa. 
Easton, Pa. 
Elmira, N. Y. . 
Fort Wayne. Ind. 
Frankfort, Ky. 
Galena, 111. 
Galesburg, 111. 
Galveston, Texas 
Harrisburg, Pa. 
Hartford, Conn. 
Indianapolis, Ind. 
Jackson, Mich. 
Keokuk, Iowa 
Knoxville, Tenn. 
Louisville, Ky. 
Lafayette, Ind. 
Lexington, Ky. 
Lowell, Mass. . 
Lynchburg, Va. 
Memphis, Tenn. 
Milwaukee, Wis. 
Mobile, Ala. . 
Madison, Wis. 
Mansfield, Ohio 





Hrs. Mia. 


. 




11 23 




11 33 




11 55 




12 17 




11 45 




11 05 




12 26 




10 56 




11 04 




12 01 




11 10 




11 23 




. 11 34 




11 29 




11 30 


a, 


10 37 




11 41 




10 01 




11 29 




10 58 




11 24 




11 13 




10 47 




10 58 




10 53 




11 40 




12 00 




11 54 




11 20 




11 21 




10 59 




10 59 




10 41 




11 53 




12 10 




11 16 




11 23 




10 55 




11 25 




11 18 




11 13 




11 23 




12 16 




11 44 1 




11 01 | 




11 09 j 




11 09 




11 03 




11 31 1 





His. 


Mia 


Minneapolis, Min. . 


10 


48 


Montgomery, Ala. . 


11 


15 


Nashville, Tenn. 


. 11 


14 


New Orleans, La. . 


. 11 


01 


New York, N. Y. . 


12 


05 


Niagara Falls, N. Y. 


11 


45 


New Haven, Conn. . 


. 12 


09 


Newport, R. I. 


12 


16 


Omaha, Neb. . 


. 10 


37 


Oil City, Pa. . 


11 


42 


Pittsburg, Pa. 


11 


41 


Providence, R. I. . 


12 


15 


Peoria, 111. 


11 


02 


Portland, Maine 


12 


20 


Portland, Oregon . 


8 


50 


Quincy, 111. 


10 


55 


Raleigh, N. C. 


11 


47 


Reading, Pa. . 


11 


57 


Richmond, Va. 


11 


51 


Richmond, Ind. 


11 


21 


Rochester, N. Y. . 


11 


50 


Springfield, Mo. 


10 


48 


Springfield, Mass. . 


12 


10 


Springfield, 111. 


11 


02 


Springfield, Ohio . 


11 


26 


St. Joseph, Mo. 


10 


41 


St. Louis, Mo. 


11 


00 


St. Paul, Minn. 


11 


48 


Salt Lake City 


9 


33 


San Francisco, Cal. 


8 


51 


Saratoga, N. Y. 


12 


06 


Sacramento, Cal. . 


8 


51 


Sandusky, Ohio 


11 


30 


Savannah, Ga. 


11 


37 


Scranton, Pa. . 


11 


58 


Sherman, Texas 


10 


40 


Steubenville, Ohio . 


11 


38 


Toledo, Ohio . 


11 


27 


Trenton, N. J/ 


12 


02 


Tallahassee, Fla. . 


11 


24 


Terre Haute, Ind. . 


11 


11 


Troy, N. Y. . 


12 


06 


Vicksburg, Miss. 


10 


57 


Wheeling, W. Va. . 


11 


38 


Worcester, Mass. . 


12 


14 


Washington, D. C. . 


11 


53 


Williamsport, Pa. . 


11 


53 


Xenia, Ohio . 


11 


25 


Youngstown, Ohio . 


11 


38 


Zanesville, Ohio 


11 


33 



